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Abstract

Tetrabromobisphenol-A is an emerging environmental contaminant that has been found at detectable levels in goods for human consumption worldwide. The United States have not established a total daily intake value for TBBPA, despite the regularity with which it creates, imports, and destroys products containing TBBPA. TBBPA has the potential to be an endocrine disruptor like its metabolite BPA, and is potentially neurotoxic and immunotoxic. For these reasons, it is important to examine the concentration of TBBPA found in food, especially in baby food because infants are a particularly susceptible ...(For more, see "View full record.")